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Madrid: Imprenta De J.M. Ducazcal, 1865. First edition. leather_bound. Full mottled calf with decorated endpapers. Very good. 118 pages. 23 x 15 cm. In 1859 Letona was promoted to brigadier and appointed governor of Havana. In 1860 he was commander general of the Eastern Department, but in 1862 he resigned for health reasons. In January 1869 he was… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Charles Cox, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Very good. 272 pages. 38 x 26 cm. 12 colored full page engravings and a host of woodcuts -- multiple head shots of the notables described herein. Scattered toning mostly at margins and some offsetting of latter to text. Binding tight and firm. Wear to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Merrell, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 288 pages. 30 x 26 cm. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Articles by experts. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

London: W. Humphrey, 1825. wraps. Near fine. Rowlandson, Thomas. 30.5 x 47.5 cm. Hand colored etching. L.E,C. 1828 watermark. Later state. The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in profile to the left, kisses a fat butcher, putting her arms round his shoulders. She wears a hat trimmed with feathers and ribbons. A plump woman approaches the butcher from the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hannah Humphrey, 1806. Wraps. Very good. Gillray, James. 49 x 28.5 cm. Hand colored etching. The figures are placed in an alcove recessed in a wall of heavy stones. The massive Ellenborough in wig and gown sits on a wooden seat or plank supported by Sidmouth, Lauderdale, and Stanhope, with behind, the bent posteriors and massive legs… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: S.W. Fores, 1803. Wraps. Very good. Cruikshank, Isaac. 20.5 x 35.5 cm. Hand colored etching. In a clumsy two-wheeled chaise drawn by a donkey (left to right) the Speaker sits holding a huge umbrella over himself and his mace-bearer, who sits on the box-seat driving, the mace against his shoulder. On the corner of a wall (left)… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Hays, 1805. Wraps. Very good. Cruikshank, Isaac. 30 x 48 cm. Hand colored etching. On the left. Fox stands at his tavern-door, which is at r. angles to the front of the house where a large open sash-window faces the spectator. Below the window is a large inscription: 'C. J. F & Co. Dealers Rectifiers and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: James Bretheron, 1784. Wraps. Near fine. 30 x 24 cm. Etching. Thomas Powys, M.P. for Northamptonshire, walking in profile to the left, carries on his shoulders a large rectangular bale, corded, and inscribed 'Landed Interest For M[r Fo]x at Brookes's By the Carrier from St Alban's'. Pro Pitt advocate states in the doggerel at right: "Perusade him… Saber más sobre este artículo

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959. leather_bound. Orig. brown morocco front cover decorated and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 38 pages. 7 x 5 cm. Frontispiece is a tipped-in one cent United States postage stamp of Lincoln. Printed on "Antiqua" paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland and bound by Proost and Brandt, Amsterdam, Holland. Marbled endpapers.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959. leather_bound. Orig. black morocco front cover lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. 30 pages. 7 x 5 cm. Half title. Frontispiece a tipped-in black and white photograph of JFK. Printed on Lutcetia type in an unstated limited edition by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Marbled endpapers. As new copy.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790. Second edition. Hardcover. Modern chocolate brown calf and medium brown cloth. Fine. 36 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Interior contents clean, title page very slightly toned. An Old Whig opposed to the James Fox faction of the party, and supported the war against French revolutionary forces.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good. [4] xlii [43] 219 [5] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The second edition appeared the same year. A political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). It takes the form… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Robert Riviere & Son, Nd. Hardcover. Three quarter red calf and red cloth. Teg. 2 Vols. Very good. 666, 719 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Extensive Index Of Names And Places. Frontispieces, interior contents fresh and clean. Rubbing to extremities, raised bands, panels decorated in gilt.

London: Thos McLean, 1832. Color lithograph. Brown wood frame. Near fine. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new medium of lithography. His… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Thos McLean, 1832. Brown wood frame. Near fine. Color lithograph, 8 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new medium of lithography. His caricatures… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Thos McLean, 1831. Color lithograph. Brown wood frame. Near fine. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new medium of lithography. His caricatures were… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: G. Tregear, 1831. Stiff Wraps. Orig. full color lithograph. Very good. 26.5 x 33 cm. Color etching, with two men standing at entry one noting, "It seems we shan't have much to carry." The seated fellow refuses to pay the Crown taxes, stating "Tell his aforesaid Majesty I shant pay a farthing Old cockalorum, [a little man who… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: C. Motte, 1835. Original Wraps. Orig. laid paper. Fine. 16.5 x 27 cm. Color engraving during the First Carlist War, 1833-1840 during which the British volunteered to assist Isabella II of Spain against her rival uncle the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V). The Carlists supported return to an absolute monarchy. The priest says,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Np: Np, Nd. Original Wraps. Orig. wrappers. Very good. 25 x 34 cm. Color etching with standing man at right replying, "I should be very happy to obey your orders Colonel but really your glasses are so small that d__m me if there is enough for a Prime." a few tiny nicks, with reinforcement at head.

London: W. Humphry, 1785. Original Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 24 x 33.5 cm. Fresh and bright color etching which appears to be Charles James Fox, prominent Whig statesman, noted as an anti-slavery campaigner, a supporter of the French Revolution, and a leading parliamentary advocate of religious tolerance and individual liberty. Printed on heavy stock by same… Saber más sobre este artículo